Harry Wickey

Piglets and Sow

Harry Wickey's original lithograph, "Piglets and Sow" has captured not only the wonderful elements of the massive mother pig and her tiny brood but of the blustery night storm and the haven within the barn doors. This original lithograph is printed upon wove paper and with large, full margins as published around 1936 in the limited edition of one hundred signed impressions. This impression of "Piglets and Sow" is signed in pencil by Harry Wickey and annotated by him, "100 proofs" along the lower margin.

Original lithograph by the American artist, Harry Herman Wickey 'Harry Wickey'.

Piglets and Sow

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Title:	Piglets and Sow
Artist:	Wickey, Harry Herman 'Harry Wickey' (Stryker, Ohio, 1892 - Cornwall Landing, New York, 1968)
Date:	c. 1936
Medium:	Original Lithograph
Note:	Harry Herman Wickey 'Harry Wickey': A great American etcher, lithographer, painter and sculptor, Harry Herman Wickey studied at the Detroit School of Fine arts and the New York School of Industrial Art. Living in New York, Wickey first concentrated upon the art of etching, publishing his first prints in 1919. His scenes of New York and its inhabitants came under the scrutiny of the influential scholar and art dealer, Carl Zigrosser, who promoted Harry Wickey's etchings to the Metropolitan Museum and other major institutions. Harry Wickey was a full member of the Society of American Graphic Artists and of the National Academy of Design. During his illustrious career he received awards from the Society of American Etchers (1934), the Guggenheim Fellowship (1939) and the American Institute of Arts and Letters (1949). His paintings and prints are today included in the following collections; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum, New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Library of Congress, Washington DC., and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
	Both choice and necessity created changes in Harry Wickey's printmaking techniques. When his popularity for his New York scenes was at its highest (1929), Harry Wickey abruptly turned his attention to etching landscape scenes in upper New York State. These proved to be among the most vigorous landscapes produced by any American etcher. Then, in 1935, the fumes of nitric acid used in biting the plates for etching seriously affected Harry Wickey's sight. At the height of his powers as an etcher, Wickey abandoned the technique and took up lithography and sculpture.
	For the remainder of 1935 and most of 1936, Harry Wickey returned to his family farm near Stryker, Ohio. He became fascinated with the activities of the farm animals he found there and created many drawings, watercolours and lithographs from this experience. One animal, namely the pig, drew much of his attention and he created at least six original lithographs on this subject during 1936.
	Writing upon the merits of a related Wickey lithograph -- Hogs Near a Corncrib - Thomas Craven stated,
	"The artist has caught the very essence of swinishness: each of these porkers is Very Hog of Very Hog. 'What I learned about hogs is to be found in this picture,' Mr. Wickey says. 'I tried to realize the form, color, weight and texture of the objects in my space, and present without exaggeration the mood of this particular incident.'" These words clearly apply as well to Piglets and Sow, where the artist has captured not only the wonderful elements of the massive mother and her tiny brood but of the blustery night storm and the haven within the barn doors. (Thomas Craven, A Treasury of American Prints, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1939, plate #91.)
Edition:	Limited edition of 100 proofs
Size:	11 1/2 X 12 1/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon wove paper and with large, full margins as published around 1936 in the limited edition of 100 signed impressions. Signed in pencil by Wickey and annotated, "100 proofs" along the lower margin. A finely printed impression and in excellent condition throughout. Piglets and Sow represents a prime, original example of the famous art of Harry Wickey.
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